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Monday, January 3, 2011

New Year's Reading Resolutions Giveaway Hop

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." ~ Oprah Winfrey

Oprah is sagacious. In 2011, we have the chance to start fresh with a brand new year. I've been cleaning and organizing my household for the past several days, and have also given some thought to refining my reading and writing goals for the new year. I intend to carve out more time for reading, and I hope to also write more (and more incisive) book reviews; I may even try my hand at writing some short fiction. It's exciting to be at the beginning of both a new year and a new decade. I hope that health, opportunity, luck, and meaningful work are in store for each of us in 2011.

It's not Friday, but it is time for the Hop! The New Year's Reading Resolutions Giveaway Hop is hosted by Candace from Candace's Book Blog, Lori at Pure Imagination, and Angel from Reading Angel, and lasts from January 3 until January 9th. Over 100 blogs are participating with their own book related giveaways! I am giving away a gift certificate for $25 from Amazon.com. Because I have readers around the world, my giveaway is international.

To enter this giveaway, simply leave a comment.

For an extra chance at winning, reveal a resolution you've made for the new year, about something important to you.

For another chance at winning, become a follower of this blog, or let me know that you're already a follower, or that you subscribe in Google Reader.

For an additional chance, post about this contest on your blog, Facebook, or Twitter.

Enter by 5PM PST on Sunday, January 9. A winner will be chosen randomly and announced on Tuesday, January 11. Good luck! After you've entered my giveaway, be sure to visit this linky for other exciting giveaways.

I haven't given too much thought to resolutions so far. I have some reading and blogging goals set up for the new year. I'm going to make myself a priority in 2011. I want to be the best "me" that I can possibly be. This includes health plans and personal development.

+1 for resolutions: One of my new year's resolutions is to stop buying more books than I read, as I don't have the space or the money for it (I'm kinda broke). Another resolution is to finally start applying for the 3 internships I need to get to this year, I've been lazy and I need to get one in neurology, which is highly popular and I may want to pursue a career in it.

One resolution I've made is to take better care of me. I've got CFS/ME and 2010 was a very rough year for me health wise. I'm determined to do everything I can to make life as good for myself as possible, which mostly involves not allowing myself to get stressed out excessively, because that just makes me sicker.

Such an awesome give away! I'm already a follower. One of my resolutions this year is to be more of an extrovert. I get really shy around people I don't know very well and hope that I can actually put this into practice

Great giveaway...Amazon is my favorite since I have a Kindle I LOVE!!!

I am a new GFC follower!

I am not one to put much stock in resolutions but one thing I would like to do this year since I read on average 4 books a week and do not have a blog is keep track of all the books I read this year...and possible write a review or two. Maybe whenI get a full time assistant at work I can have time to get my own blog...until then it is good reads for me!

My resolution is to keep reading for fun once school stars!I'm a Google follower!Here's my tweet: http://twitter.com/#!/Chellebcool/status/22089450905403392Thanks for the giveaway! theprairielibrary (at) gmail (dot) com

+1 My reading resolution is to read more than 100 books this year. I almost made it in 2010 but not quite.+1 New follower (Lexie@BookBug) +1 Tweeted at http://twitter.com/#!/LexieBookBug/status/22115325721972736lexie.bookbug(AT)gmail(DOT)com

One of my reading resolutions for 2011 is: 'Improve the quality of my reading. I want to read more poet4ry, and more classics. I want to broaden my horizons in terms of the genres of books that I read. That applies to blogs as well. I want to read different kinds of blogs, and understand myself and the world better through them.'

I have posted about my resolutions for 2011 (reading and otherwise) on my blog. http://priyaiyer.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/i-resolve/

I am also trying to get the house cleaned and get more reading done this year. Last year I only read 115 books, and if possible, this year I would like to double that. Thanks for the great giveaway, Suko, and count me in!!

wow! this is a popular post :)I am a follower and a fan :)I also have a resolution to go to church each sunday this year! isnt that a nice one?I am excited about a new year too, Suko, and I would love to read your work!

+1- (Comment)+1- Resolution: I will focus on my studies and not let my leisure activities get in the wy of my academic performance. I will, therefore, limit my TV viewing to weekends only and will not read books during the exam period.+1- GFC Follower: Identity Seeker+1- Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/SweetNSensible

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